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Chapter 6

"Ori Lawrence huh? You sure you want to be called that?" Nick asked shoving off the wall where he was waiting while I changed.

I nodded happily. "Yes. I want to be called Ori. I just thought of it. I mean doesn't it get a little annoying just calling me 'You?' I think it is."

Nick did his lopsided smile and my heart skipped a beat. I mentally kicked Valery. She just huffed, I can't help it. This boy looks so much like someone I know but I can't think of who.

You're right. I'm sorry, I said guiltily. She forgave me but there was resentment in her voice.

"Well let's go down stairs it's already eleven thirty. Even though it's a school day it's pretty busy at the mall at twelve." Nick said starting down the hall back toward the stairs. I started following him, looking at the walls for the first time. There were paintings, extremely life-like ones, of Nick, Cade, Howard, and a woman I guessed was their mother. She was very pretty. Her hair was light blond and her eyes…well I figured out where the boys got their eyes. Her right eye was the same intense green as Nick's and the left was the soft blue of Cade's.

I stopped in front of a painting. The whole family was in it and Nick had a huge smile on his face. He was holding a fish on a string and his mom's arms were around him her different colored eyes glowing with pride. Howard had Cade on his shoulders since the boys were younger. I wanted to say to Nick, who stopped and was staring at the picture with her, that he looked happy but instead I said, "This is a really detailed painting. Who's the artist?" I noticed his black hair still had light blue streaks in the strange painting. Was he born that way? I asked my voices.

Before they could answer Nick laughed a little as he said, "It's not a painting. It's a picture taken from a camera." He came and stood next to me, "One of your souls must be from awhile ago. I mean cameras were invented awhile ago."

"Probably my human side. She's the only one who seems to have a memory."

His eyes were sad when he looked at me. "You know…Cade was right. You may not have memories of your own but that doesn't mean you can't make them."

I smiled up at him, realizing the truth of what I was about to say for the first time myself, "I know. I already have memories. The first memory I have is of light…and the smell of steak."

He chuckled. "Come on Ori. Cade's probably getting impatient. He loves the mall."

"It's huge!" I exclaimed as we walked through the doors, that opened by themselves, and into the mall. Cade explained them to me so they weren't much of a surprise but they still fascinated me. The cars were amazing too. I couldn't believe how fast they moved! Nick drove with me in the seat next to him and Cade in the back, so I could see everything better. Everything fascinated me. Trees, buildings, everything.

Of course my shout attracted the attention of other people and when they looked at me they gasped. I heard people whisper, "What's wrong with her?" "Why does she have a dog tail and ears?" "Is it a disease? If so…is it contagious?"

"How come they're not whispering about your wings?" I asked, my brow furrowed with confusion.

Cade whispered, "We don't want them to so they can't. It's an angel thing."

I thought for a minute as Nick took my arm and steered me away from the awesome doors. "So the first time we met. You didn't want me to see your wings so you hid them with your angel magic?" I realized I was whispering too…it was probably a good thing or the people staring at me would think I'm crazy and not just diseased.

"Yeah pretty much." Nick answered. His wall was up. It only seemed to go up when his brother or father was around but if we're alone it crashes down so quick it's like it wasn't there at all. I think I'll ask him later. After we're done shopping. That's when I remembered the huge building. I looked around at all the people. Most of them were staring at me but at the moment I didn't care.

Straight across from us was a shop full of weird squares and rectangles. "What're those?" I asked pointing.

Cade followed my finger. "Oh those are . They show moving pictures." My interest was immediately caught and I practically ran into the store. One of the big '' was going and on it was a moving picture of a strange boy, who didn't look real by the way. He was sitting on a log making goofy faces and telling someone not seen how much of an idiot they are.

"Why do these people look fake?" I asked cocking my head.

"It's called a cartoon. Someone drew the characters or made them on computers and did some special stuff I'm not too sure about then it's a movie. I know there's more to it than that but that's the gist of it." Cade answered scratching his head.

"Do you guys have one?" I asked in amazement.

Nick took my arm again and pulled me toward the door. "Yeah but you couldn't see it yesterday. It was hidden behind the wall. My dad's weird like that."

"Oh…how do you get it back out? Magic?"

"No, electronically. Science." He answered his lips twitching with a smile. I didn't know what he thought was funny but I smiled anyway.

Cade shouted, "Hey! Let's go to that store! I'm sure you'll like it Ori!" He grabbed my other arm and started pulling me toward a store with clothes. I looked to see if Nick was coming. He was but there was a glint in his eye. One that told me he was mad. I hope he's not mad at us! Valery exclaimed. Wolfy sighed but didn't say anything.

Yeah…me too, I said still looking back at Nick.

"Ori…how bout you try this on?" Cade said throwing me a really short black skirt. Well it went to my knees but it was still shorter than the dress I woke up in the forest in. I shrugged and went back into the dressing room I've been in a hundred times already. I took off my capris once again that day and stepped into the skirt. I loved it the moment I put it on.

I came out of the small room and exclaimed, "I love it." I expected Cade to be there and say it was wonderful like he did for everything I put on. Instead it was Nick he wasn't facing me and he had his hands in his pockets. "Do you like it?" I asked as he turned around.

I never imagined Nick, of all people, would or could blush like that. And why was he blushing? I'm the one who has ta try on all these strange clothes, I said folding my hands in front of me and cocking my head. I couldn't swish my tail because the skirt was in the way but Cade said he could make a hole in my pants and stuff for it so it'd be more comfy for me. Like he did with my capris.

Nick spun back around. "It's very…uh…pretty but maybe you should put a shirt on before you come out of the dressing room."

I looked down and realized I forgot to put my shirt back on after I tried on that brown tank top. All I was in was a weird thingy called a bra that one of the women workers helped explain to me. "Oh…oops," I said laughing, "I guess I'm still the klutz I was when I woke up." I went back into the dressing room with my face burning. That was so embarrassing! I exclaimed to my voices.

Wolfy was giggling. Well at least you were wearing your 'bra' and not anything to cover yourself up. I think he would've fainted if he saw that!

It's not funny Wolfy! Okay maybe a little but still Ori's so embarrassed! Valery yelled at the wolf.

I started giggling along with Wolfy which made Valery confused. Actually Val. It made me feel a lot better. And now that I think about it…it would've been really funny if he feinted.

"Ori? Why are you giggling? And Nick…your face is so red. Why?" Cade asked. I pulled on the tank top Nick gave me earlier and came out.

I smiled at Cade who had an armful of clothes. "Oh no reason really." Nick wasn't looking at me and he was still flushed but I didn't mind. I knew he was a little embarrassed about what happened.

"Alright then…do you want to try on these clothes?" Cade shrugged.

I shook my head looking at the already huge pile on a bench across from the dressing rooms. "No…I think I have enough but I do want this skirt. I like it…and it already brings me memories." Nick, whose face was just starting to turn his normal color, blushed again. I laughed and added the black skirt to the pile. "Not only that…I'm absolutely starving."

"Well then let's pay for this stuff and go get something ta eat." Nick said grabbing half the clothes on the bench. Cade hung the clothes that were in his arms on a rack of clothes that didn't fit or people decided they didn't want and grabbed the other half. I walked behind the two boys happily picking up the clothes that fell.

We had to run back to the car and put the bags of clothes in it. They were a pain to carry. After that we went back into the mall and found the food court. I didn't need Cade or Nick to show me where it was. I let my nose take me.

"So what do you wanna eat Ori?" Nick asked looking at me sideways. He finally stopped blushing but wouldn't look directly at me.

I looked at all the booths selling food and sifted through the smells until I found one that made my mouth water more than the rest. I followed it to a place called The World's Finest Teriyaki Chicken. "That's what I want."

Cade smiled. "Sounds good! I love teriyaki. What do you think Nick?"

"I don't like it," he said then added hastily taking in my disappointment, "but I'll just get an eggroll and some rice."

I shook my head. "If you don't want this then we can get something else. That smells good too." I pointed to a place on the other side of the court. Above it had a huge round circle with smaller circles on it.

"You want pizza?" asked Nick then shrugged and started walking toward the stand.

Cade looked at me with amazement. "How could you know it smells good from way over here?" Nick hit him over the head. "Hey what was that for!"

"Being dumb," he answered then whispered, "Ori's part wolf remember. She can pick out scents like a search dog on a police force."

Cade rubbed his head while scowling at Nick. "You didn't have ta hit me. Could've just told me."

"What's the fun in that?" Nick asked smiling mischievously. They started laughing. I smiled happily. The last time I seen them actually interacting with each other was when we were eating steak outside. It's nice to see them talk. It always seems like there's a rift between them.

Wolfy nodded mentally. Yeah…I wonder why. Valery didn't say anything. She was just silent…which is very much unlike her. I shrugged and kept on walking. That's when I seen the guy who was standing in the yard earlier today.